Visual development
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Nigel Daw
- ناشر : New York, NY : Springer
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9780387304847
Description
Ch. 1 Introduction -- Ch. 2 Functional organization of the visual system -- pt. I Development of the visual system -- Ch. 3 Development of visual capabilities -- Ch. 4 Anatomical development of the visual system -- Ch. 5 Development of receptive field properties -- pt. II Amblyopia and the effects of visual deprivation -- Ch. 6 Modifications to the visual input that lead to nervous system change -- Ch. 7 Physiological and anatomical changes that result from optical and motor deficits -- Ch. 8 What is amblyopia? -- Ch. 9 Critical periods -- pt. III Mechanisms of plasticity -- Ch. 10 Concepts of plasticity -- Ch. 11 Mechanisms of plasticity in the visual cortex -- Ch. 12 Long-term potentiation and long-term depression as early steps in ocular dominance plasticity -- Ch. 13 Deprivation myopia and emmetropization -- Glossary -- Index.
Talks about the development of the visual system. This work covers: development of the visual system, effects of visual deprivation, mechanisms by which visual deprivation produces its effects, and a list of some fundamental questions that need to be answered.
